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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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New survey of the lizard fossil record in museum collections shows that almost 2/3rds of all specimens belong to the jaws and palate. This suggests that the majority of the knowledge of fossil lizard anatomy only comes from a limited region of the skeleton, which could be a barrier when trying to assess their evolutionary relationships.

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Courtesy of Hank Woolley, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM).

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